I'd really like to leverage all of that prospect pool depth.
@StevenToddIves had a good post saying that SJ would love young prospects who are NHL ready and could step in the lineup. I think any combo of Bahl, Foote, Thompson, Blackwood Dawes could tempt them in addition to Holtz. He's technically a rental too with a pretty unlikely QO.
I think a deal for Meier could realistically be built around Holtz/Bahl/Blackwood.
San Jose would probably want a bit more, but not overwhelmingly so -- that's a pretty high-caliber base for a trade. One would have to believe the Sharks would covet Holtz, who would not only become their best goal-scoring prospect, but also has a history with their two recent 1st-round-pick centers of Eklund and Bystedt. Bahl would immediately become the Sharks' top LD prospect, ready to step in that line-up. Blackwood would immediately become the most talented goaltender in the SJ organization.
The Sharks have to know that both Luke Hughes and Simon Nemec are off-limits in a deal, and I don't think that would concern them too much as the Devils have a ton to trade from. There would probably be another prospect/pick thrown in there to even it out, maybe a 2nd round pick or a-near-NHL-ready forward like Foote or Clarke.
Of course I'm thinking about this ideally from a Devils perspective. Taking for granted that Holtz is gone in any deal for Timo Meier, I think the idea would be to not have to give up any of Gritsyuk/Mukhamadullin/2023 1st. I'm not sure that's possible, but like I said I'm looking at this ideally as possible and San Jose certainly has a big-time need for players the Devils would consider to be expendable assets, like Bahl, Blackwood and Foote.
